Charles golden



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C.; GOLDEN. MOGK PISTOL.

Patented June 14, 1892.

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C. GOLDEN. MDCK PISTOL.

No. 476,878. PatentedJune 14, 1892.

PETcws'cu.. pnomzlwo.. wAsmNofnN n c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES GOLDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO i SOLOMONJACOBSON, 0F SAME PLACE.

MOCK PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,878, dated .T une14, 1892..

Application tiled October 19, 1891. Serial No. 409,120. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that l, CHARLES GOLDEN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inMock Pistols, of which lthe following is a description.

adapted to be brought into position success-` ively by the trigger ofthe device, to be viewed through a magnifying-glass, forming a part ofthe device.

The manner in which I accomplish the purposes sought by me is fully setforth in the specification when considered in combination with thedrawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of a mock pistol; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional View;Fig. 3, a cross-sectional View on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, viewed in thedirection indicated by the arrows; Fig. 4, aside elevation of theportion of the device serving as the postage-stamp and car-ticketreceptacle with the cover thereof opened; Fig. 5, a cross-sectional Viewon line 5 5 of Fig. l,viewedin the direction indicated by the arrows;Fig. 6, an end elevation of the end serving as a receptacle for dimesand nickels; Fig. 7, a cross-sectional View of the compartment containedin the handle of the device and forming the pocket-book receptacle online 7 7 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrows, with thecover open, showing 'the divisions thereof formed by suitable iexiblematerial, as leather; Fig. 8, a side elevation showing a modification ofthe picture-A holding device and the trigger therefor.

The same letter of reference is used to indicate the same part wheremore than one View thereof is shown in the several figures ot' thedrawings.

X is the mock pistol, and A is the pocketbook lin the handle of thedevice.

A A are the flexible partitions of the receptacle forming thepocket-book.

a is the cover, hinged to the handle by hinge a.

a2 is the catch by which the cover a is held in a closed position.

Bis the postage-stamp and car-ticket ren ceptacle. b is the coverthereof; b b', a hinge, and b2 the spring-catch by which the cover isheld in closed position.

C is a table in receptacle B, forming the base ou which thepostage-stamps are laid and against which they are held by the spring C.

C2 C2 are upturned edges of the base C.

D is a representation of a postage-stamp contained in the receptacletherefor.

E is a representation of a car-ticket in the receptacle therefor. Thecar-tickets are slid in between the base C and the base F, such base Fforming,also, the side of the pistol and the outer casing of the ring onwhich the pictures to be shown by the device are secured.

G, Fig. 3, is the match-box receptacle. g, Fig. 5, is the cover thereof.g g are the hinges.

G is a representation of matches contained in the receptacle G.

H is a receptacle for holding dimes.

H are dimes contained in the receptacle.

h is a spring tending to hold the dimes forward at the outer end of thereceptacle H against the stops 7L h h.

I is a receptacle for nickels.

I I are nickels contained in the receptacle.

i is a spring tending to hold the nickels at the outer end of thereceptacle therefor against the stops t" i." vl.

J is a magnifying device through which the pictures J J are viewed.

J2 is an aperture through the sides of the device for the admission oflight upon the picture. The pictures shown in this device may bephotographs, engravings, lithographs, and the like.

One of the purposes for which I desire to use my invention is to containa series of phod I the side F of the device.

' on trigger M by pin n, and n is a spring abutvice.

K. The pictures J J are secured on the outside of the ring L. Hareratchet-teeth on the inside of ring L, upon the part thereof eX- tendingbeyond the ring K. M is the trigger of the device, movable on pivot m.Trigger M is 'yieldingly held in the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and2 by the spring m', one end of such spring abutting against the triggerM and the other end thereof abutting against ting at one end against thetrigger M and at .the other end against the dog N, tending to hold theend of the dogN in contact with the teeth Z in ratchet L. O is a springtending to hold the ring L stationary. P is an aperture formed bycutting away a portion of the sides F F, and through this apertureaccess is had to the trigger M. By this construction it will be seenthat the pictures contained on the ring Lv are contained in the partlettered P of the4 device as the ring L revolves, as is well illustratedin Figs. l, 2, and

Where a less number of pictures are to be placed' in the device, themodification illustrated in Fig. 8 may be employed. In this modificationM is the trigger, which is pivoted on the pin m2 and yieldingly held inthe position illustrated in Fig. 8 by the spring m3, which is attachedat one end to the pin m2, and at the other end thereof to trigger M. Lis the picture-holding device, consisting of a drum, on the outside ofwhich the pictures are secured'in the same manner as they are secured onthe outside of the ring L, as hereinbefore described. Z Z are pins onthe drum L. N2 is a spring-dog on trigger M adapted to engage, at thehook end thereof, (lettered N2,) with the pins Z. O is a spring to holdthe drum L. from backward movement. It will be readily understood thatwhen the trigger M is moved in the direction of the arrow M2 thereonthedog N2, engaging with one of the pins Z Z', will rotate the drum L agiven distance in the direction indicated by the arrow thereon, and uponthe releasing of the trigger M it will regain its initial position, asillustrated in Fig. 8.

It will be evident`to those skilled in the art that portions of theimmovable ring K can be cut away, leaving the series of abutmentsarranged in acircle extending outward from the sides F F, and with theteethl l near the center of the ring L and, further, I have found thatby constructing the trigger M of two parts M M3, the part M3 consistingof spring metal bent into substantially the shape L is a revoluble ringfitting over ring N is a dog pivoted indicated by the dotted lineslettered M3 in Fig. 2, the dog N may be dispensed with, the spring M3 ofthe trigger serving as such dog. Where the spring M3 is used, thetrigger M is cut off, as at the pointindicated by the dotted linelettered M4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a mock pistol, a picture-holder consisting of a rotatable ringhaving ratchetteeth on the inside thereof, non-rotatable abutmentsarranged in the form of aring, eX- tending into the rotatable ring andsupporting the same, around which the rotatable ring turns, a triggerpivoted to the frame of the device within the circumference of thepicture-ring, a spring yieldingly holding the trigger in a forwardposition, and a springdog on the trigger, yieldingly held against theteeth of the rotatable ring, in combination with a frame resembling apistol inform, and a magnifying-glass in such frame, through which thepictures can be viewed when brought before it, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a mock pistol, a picture holder consisting of a rotatable ringhaving ratchetteeth on the inside thereof, a non-rotatable ringYextending into the rotatable ring and supporting the same, around whichthe rotatable ring turns, atrigger pivoted to the frame of the devicewithin the rings, a dog pivoted on the trigger, a spring yieldinglyholdin g the trigger in a forward position, and a spring on the trigger,yieldingly holding the dog against the teeth of the rotatable ring, incombination with aframe resemblingapistolin form, such frame beinghollow and serving as a receptacle in which articles can be placed, anda magnifying-glass in such frame, through which the pictures can beviewed, substantially as described.

3. In a 'mock pistol, the combination of a barrel adapted lto hold coin,a spring in such barrel tending to hold its contents near the outer endthereof, a second barrel adapted to hold coin, a spring in the secondbarrel, tending to hold the contents thereof toward the outer end, arevoluble picture-holder, a trigger having a dog thereon adapted toactuate the picture holder, a magnifying glass through which thepictures may be viewed y when brought into position before it,areceptacle upon one side of the picture-holder,

adapted to hold car tickets and postagestamps, a receptacle on the otherside of the picture-holder, and a receptacle in the handle of the deviceand movable covers to both of such receptacles, substantially asdescribed.

CHARLES GOLDEN. Vitnesses:

S. W. BARTON, CHARLES T. BROWN.

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